University of Washington *MINOR IN STATISTICS* Department of Statistics
“For Today’s Graduate, Just One Word: Statistics” is the title of the Aug 6, 2009 New York Times article. It describes the
value, importance, applications and multitude of job opportunities for people with statistics background and skills.
A minor in Statistics powerfully enhances a degree in any substantive field of application of statistics. The set of skills and
understandings you gain will position you to be an especially valuable contributor in your chosen application field.
Minor Requirements: Minimum of 25 credits as follows. (The following order is suggested)
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MATH 1265 or MATH 1365
(Calculus with Analytic Geometry III)
STAT/MATH 3943 and STAT/MATH 3953 (Probability I and Probability ll)
STAT/MATH 3904
(Probability and Statistics in Engineering and Science)
STAT 3022
(Statistical Software and Its Applications)
Either STAT/BIOST 4253
(Introduction to Nonparametric Statistics)
or STAT/MATH 3963
(Probability III)
6. Minimum of 5 credits of approved Electives; typically from the list below.
7. Minimum grade of 2.0 in each course used to satisfy the minor requirements.
**At most 5 credits used to satisfy the Statistics minor may be applied to a student’s major. At least 20 of the credits used to
satisfy the Statistics minor must be taken at the UW.
Approved Electives list for DARS
CSE 1424
CSE 1435
MATH 3083
(Computer Programming I)
(Computer Programming II)
(Matric Algebra with Applications)
Examples of Electives that could be approved by the adviser
ECON 4825-4835 for an Econ, Business, Finance Major.
ECON 4855 for an Econ, Business, Finance Major.
MATH 4643 (for someone interested in Actuarial Sciences).
AMATH 3523-3533 (Applied Linear Algebra-Fourier), but only if both.
BIOST 5144-5154 for a Biological Sciences Major, but only if both.
MATH 4073, 4083, 4093 or some other MATH 4xx choices could well be suitable.
Advising
Undergraduate Academic Counselor: Mee Ling Hon, B-313A Padelford Hall, mhon@stat.washington.edu
(Revised 1/29/2014)
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